love it! oats

Today I’m starting a little series called ‘love it!‘. The focus will be on healthy real foods… some will be more basic and common (like today’s oats) and also including the more ‘out there’ foods. Foods that I love, the body loves and I think you should love to!

I love waking up to a warm bowl of oatmeal. It’s comforting and filling. Granted I’ve become accustomed to a protein boost from an added egg and normally peanut butter swirled in. I’ve made many different warm breakfast bowls (millet, quinoa, rice) and I’m always coming back to oats.

They aren’t a big investment cost wise. I like to buy them in bulk when I can, and love when I catch a sale too. Recently I picked up a big bag full of oats at around $0.60-0.65 a pound. Bulk bins are great for saving on pantry items like this.

When I’m out of flour, grinding up rolled oats in a blender makes an awesome and delicate tasting flour. I use oats in my meatballs and meatloaf to help bind it together with the egg. Oats sprinkled on top of some yogurt give you an extra boost of nutrition, and help keep you full a bit longer. Plus, even though it’s just plain oats, I feel like I’m eating a yogurt parfait with the oats added into my yogurt. Makes it fancier.

As much as I love quinoa, rice, etc., I always come back to oats too. My favorite, especially oat bran! So happy to see oatgurt made your list. Thanks for spreading the oat love, and now I’m off to check out this cinnamon roll custard oats recipe.

Oh I forgot about oat bran! Probably because I never have it on hand… must change that. I’ve been wanting to try your oatgurt for a while now. One of those things I just need to do instead of thinking about.

What a great idea! Oats are one of those foods I go through phases with. I don’t eat them often but when I’m craving them that craving usually lasts a week or so. I like mine cold in overnight oats best. Yum!